This thesis investigates a pharmacological challenge model induced by Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) activation, focusing on skin inflammation and its implications for early drug development.

Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis can severely impact both the physical and social aspect of a patient’s life. Aberrant inflammatory responses are thought to be a major causative factor in these disorders, but an abundance of different factors contribute to the development…

De Universiteit Leiden heeft onderzoeksinstituten gevestigd in Leiden en Den Haag.

This thesis describes the development of improved formulations and alternative delivery strategies for polio vaccination.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

The power of personalized nutrition lies in being able to conduct clinical research on healthy people while capturing metabolic markers sensitive to the impact of environmental and metabolic stressors (e.g. diet, changing sex hormones and the menstrual cycle).

Promotor: B.van de Water, Co-promotor: L.S.Price

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A Kersten, Prof dr. J.A. Bouwstra

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body, makes treatments less effective. It is important to unravel the mechanism of metastasis.

Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe; J.N. van den Anker, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen; B. van Ramshorst

This thesis focuses on using liposomes in two different treatment strategies; vaccination (or immunotherapy) and delivery of a small molecule, and in two different disease models; cancer and atherosclerosis.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, it is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and with a high financial burden on global healthcare systems. Bacterial infections are the primary cause of sepsis, but the growing prevalence of antimicrobial…

The last decades it is increasingly recognized that acute as well as chronic postoperative pain is an important problem. Treatment and prevention of postoperative pain is a challenge, especially in special patient populations where there is only limited guidance on how to optimally use opioids.

Promotor: C.A.J. Knibbe, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen, B. van Ramshorst

Waarom spraken negentiende-eeuwse wetenschappers zo graag over toewijding, vlijt en ijver? Waarom wijdde Robert Fruin zijn oratie aan onpartijdigheid en riep Abraham Kuenen zijn studenten op tot waarheidsliefde?

Dissolving microneedles are a subgroup of microneedle types that completely dissolve within the skin. During this dissolving process the vaccine, stored in the needle matrix, is released into the skin.

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

Promotor: J. A. Bouwstra

Promotor: Thomas Hankemeier, Co-promotores: Heiko van der Linden, Paul Vulto

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is one of the main reasons for drug attrition during pre-clinical and clinical phases of drug development as well as for drug withdrawal post-marketing.

The main aim of this thesis was to unravel the signaling and regulatory networks that drive tumor cell migration during breast cancer metastasis.

The adenosine receptors are proteins that reside in the extracellular membranes of cells. Activation of adenosine receptors plays a role in many physiological and pathological processes, such as immune responses and cancers.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water, Co-promotores: L.T.M. van der Ven, A.S. Kienhuis

De Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen is gevestigd op verschillende locaties in het Bio Science Park Leiden.

This thesis tackles the difficulty of predicting the liver’s clinical response to novel therapies, a challenge arising from interspecies differences and limitations of existing in vitro models.

Promotor: J. Kuiper

Op 8 januari 2020 verdedigde Jelmer Brouwer zijn proefschrift 'Detection, detention, deportation'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. J.P. van der Leun en prof.dr. M.A.H. van der Woude.

This collection of papers was compiled in celebration of the remarkable academic career of Professor Wil Roebroeks, who has established himself as one of Europe’s leading figures in Palaeolithic archaeology over the past three decades and founded the Human origins research group at Leiden University…

An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.

Thermodynamics is one of the founding scientific pillars that has helped us better understand heat engines, biology, ecosystems, and even black holes. While it fundamentally describes large systems by examining the bulk behavior of their constituents, it is anchored in the statistical equivalence of…

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Prof.dr. J.C.T. Eijkel (Twente University)

Het Centrum voor Religiewetenschap (LUCSoR) is onderdeel van het Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the cancers with the highest mortality rate, despite a relatively low incidence.

Preterm birth is a major contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality and is associated with both acute complications and long-term health consequences.

Promotores: W. Jiskoot, F. Ossendorp

Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease resulting in the formation of an arterial plaque. Despite lipid lowering, recurrent cardiovascular events remain a risk. While atherosclerosis is primarily lipid-driven, the immune system plays a critical role in the pathophysiology.

The aim of this thesis is to expedite and ensure the systematic accuracy of clearance scaling from adults to paediatric patients, with a special focus on drugs undergoing hepatic metabolism.

Europese burgers worden geconfronteerd met uitdagingen op het gebied van globalisering, migratie, technologische ontwikkelingen en klimaatverandering. Deze uitdagingen vergen het uiterste van onderlinge internationale en intergenerationele solidariteit, wat rechtstreeks betrekking heeft op de grondslagen…

In this thesis the links between allergy and intestinal health, the gut microbiome (GM), and external factors were studied by exploring the metabolome in longitudinal clinical studies and in vitro models.

This thesis aims to develop model-based approaches to optimize drug dosing in patients with overweight and (morbid) obesity.

Breast cancer (BC) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous disease.

Drug development critically depends on preclinical models that mimic human physiology, yet traditional two-dimensional cultures and animal models often lack predictive power.

In dit proefschrift onderzochten we hoe we kankerbehandelingen slimmer en veiliger kunnen doseren. Veel middelen worden nog volgens een “one size fits all”-schema gegeven, vaak gebaseerd op de maximaal verdraagbare dosis. Dat kan leiden tot onnodig veel bijwerkingen, behandelingonderbrekingen en hoge…

Studievoorlichting, Meeloopdag

Studievoorlichting, Meeloopdag

Deze maand is het 25 jaar geleden dat het Centrum voor Bio-Farmaceutische Wetenschappen werd opgericht; een jaar later, in 1985, ging de opleiding Bio-Farmaceutische Wetenschappen van start. Vrijdag 18 september werd dit gevierd met een symposium, een jubileumbundel en een groot feest.

Wiskundige Robbin Bastiaansen, natuurkundige Irene Battisti, medicijnwetenschapper Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd en natuur- en sterrenkundestudent Maite Boden zijn de winnaars van de jaarlijkse prijzen van de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen. Boden werd gehuldigd als de eerste Young Star, de…

Afgelopen januari verkozen de assessoren onderwijs van de verschillende studieverenigingen Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd van het Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) tot docent van het jaar. Haar passie voor lesgeven leeft ook buiten de lessen om, aldus de studenten die haar nomineerden: ‘Ze…